rocky

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɒki/|[ˈɹʷɒki]    美 /ˈɹɑki/|[ˈɹʷɑki]|/ˈɹɔki/|[ˈɹʷɔki]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
    — a rocky mountain    a rocky shore
  2. Easily rocked; unstable.
    — The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.
  3. In the style of rock music.
    — His new album is quite rocky.
  4. Like a rock; rigid, solid.
    — Marsh went on as his prisoner drank. "Because you're caught in the middle of my alternate plan, Ram-Jam, which ram-jams your ass between the rockiest rock and the hardest hard place you ever imagined.
  5. Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress. figuratively
    — Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
  6. Having a habitat around or on rocks.
  7. Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock). figuratively
  8. Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling. archaic,figuratively
    — to have a rocky heart
  9. Having little or no money; stony broke. slang
    — "Come, George, fork out. I'm sorry if you're rocky too but it's an absolute that it's no good going back without it." "'Rocky,' my God!" said George, echoing her shallow laugh. "Well—but how much do you need to square it?"

词形变化

rockier comparative more rocky comparative rockiest superlative most rocky superlative rockier comparative more rocky comparative rockiest superlative most rocky superlative rockier comparative more rocky comparative rockiest superlative most rocky superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
nonrocky Rockies Rocky Creek Rocky Face Rocky Ford Rocky Glen Rocky Hall Rocky Hill Rocky Mount Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountains rocky planet Rocky River rocky road Rocky View County rockily rockiness rocking chair rocking horse

词源

词源 1
From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large rock by a coast or in the sea; rocky outcrop on a mountain, cliff; castle, citadel, stronghold”) [and other forms] + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Rok, rokke are derived from:
* Old English *rocc (“rock”); and
* Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque, and Old French roce, roke, roque, variants of roche (“rock”);
both from Medieval Latin roca, rocca; further etymology uncertain, possibly of Celtic origin. The English word is analysable as rock + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
词源 2
From rock (“to move back and forth”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’). Rock is derived from Middle English rokken (“to move (something, such as a cradle) back and forth; to move or sway back and forth in an unstable manner; to go”) […], from Old English roccian (“to rock”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną (“to move; to move back and forth, rock”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig; to till (soil)”).
词源 3
From rock (“rock and roll music”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
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